COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONA true English Indian Pale Ale. Our Raj IPA is created with a medium body and finishes dry and bitter – possibly even more so than your Uncle Sal after you broke his window when you were eleven. Our English IPA has an intense hop flavor and high hop bitterness. The lofty hop level was originally required so the ale would stay preserved and survive the voyage around Africa during the English occupation of India in the 18th century.

I had this on cask today at 4 peaks in Scottsdale. Its a light colored Ipa, golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is floral hops. The taste is light bitterness, some floral hops, and light Malts. A little boring to be honest. This is an English style pale ale that doesn’t really appeal to me.

Pours clear and rich copper flavor with medium head with medium lacing. Modeeatley bitter taste with resin and pine hops and caramel malt. Hint of sweet with the malt. Medium bodied and medium carbonation. Medium finish. Good beer. I prefer the hop knot a little more..

Poured up on tap at the Tempe Four Peaks with clear copper body and white head. The mild, nay, faint aroma seems earthy and maybe spicy too. The taste is smooth with sweet malts and a touch of roasted malts rolling into spicy hops and a mild yeast. Toward midway it picks up an additional note of earthy hops. I love English style IPA that don’t embrace floral hoppiness. This one is right up my alley. I love the play between the spicy hops, earthy hops and malts.

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